New Computer Download Sequence - "Results"
Have put off getting a new computer with Win 8.1, BUT old computer with Win 7 is dying, so can't wait for Win 10. I will download "Classic Shell" and try to live with Win 8.1 that way until I can dow...
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Win 8.1 can be set up to start in the desktop instead of the tile screen and also set up to look and act like Win 7 for the most part. I did that instead of using a 3rd party program. Actually I had Win 7 set up to look pretty much like Win XP and My Win 8.1 is set up the same way.
I would save my files - I used Microsoft's SyncToy to do that - it's free. And copy them to the new one. I use Synctoy to back up my files along with the Win 8/8.1 function "File History". Sort of a double back up. External hard drives are so cheap now that redundant storage doesn't cost much.
File history automaticaly works in the background while SyncToy has to be run so I have to remember to do that.
If you save the profiles for Firefox and Thunderbird - user/appdata/roaming/mozilla/firefox/profile and user/appdata/roaming/thunderbird/profile, then you can restore both programs just as they were on the old computer - including emails, settings and favorites.
Install FF and TB first on the new computer and then paste the contents of the profile folder files in the new profile files.
The file to be modified will look something like "631k5ton.default". You copy the contents of the old file and paste it into the new profile file. The new TB and FF wants to see the file name it created when installed on the new computer. That is why you replace the contents of the new file with the contents of the old one.
There is info on the mozilla site on the procedure.
I would save my files - I used Microsoft's SyncToy to do that - it's free. And copy them to the new one. I use Synctoy to back up my files along with the Win 8/8.1 function "File History". Sort of a double back up. External hard drives are so cheap now that redundant storage doesn't cost much.
File history automaticaly works in the background while SyncToy has to be run so I have to remember to do that.
If you save the profiles for Firefox and Thunderbird - user/appdata/roaming/mozilla/firefox/profile and user/appdata/roaming/thunderbird/profile, then you can restore both programs just as they were on the old computer - including emails, settings and favorites.
Install FF and TB first on the new computer and then paste the contents of the profile folder files in the new profile files.
The file to be modified will look something like "631k5ton.default". You copy the contents of the old file and paste it into the new profile file. The new TB and FF wants to see the file name it created when installed on the new computer. That is why you replace the contents of the new file with the contents of the old one.
There is info on the mozilla site on the procedure.
